Daily Archives: June 14, 2018
Exhausting, yet fun, travel in North America
Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (not including the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days),...
Liberal Zionism isn’t dead, but needs to wake up to new realities
Pity the poor liberal Zionist. American Jews who identify as both political liberals and supporters of Israel are speaking up lately about their difficult plight. They have been caught in the crossfire between leftist...
Israel warned to avoid strikes against Syria as World Cup kicks off in Russia...
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament kicking off on Thursday, host nation Russia has made it clear that it expects Israel and other Middle Eastern states to avoid an escalation in the...
Palestinian soccer chief’s bid for FIFA to net Israel backfires
The soccer’s world governing body rejected a demand on Wednesday presented by Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub to impose sanctions on and suspend countries that “violate citizens’ rights.”
The bid, which clearly targeted Israel,...
Kids in embattled Israeli city of Sderot take time to show kites can elicit...
In a show of hope and defiance in the face of the hundreds of “terror kites” and flaming helium balloons launched into southern Israel by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, the children of the southern...
Camp Ramah leadership reaffirms its message: No partnership with IfNotNow
It has become clear in recent months that the goal posts of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement have spread from college campuses to the younger worlds of high schools. Now, it’s taking aim at...
In New Jersey, Republican Senate-challenger puts longtime Israel supporter to the test
In an era in which support for Israel within the Democratic Party is waning—a reversal of previous decades of steadfast commitment—strong Democratic Israel allies are as important as ever to a Jewish state that...
Israeli Musical Hits the Right Notes
In a rare moment in Israel’s fractious relationship with the “liberal” media, the Jewish state was riding high this week in the pages of The New York Times and other publications, all thanks to a quintessentially...
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder thanks Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov for dedication to Jewish...
JERUSALEM – World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder has conveyed his gratitude to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for all he has done and continues to do to address the needs and concerns of...
Parashat Korach קֹרַח
The first word in our Parasha is “Vayikach “וַיִּקַּח “ (and he took). We understand from this word that when one “takes” without asking, one should expect to “receive” the consequences. It is always...